BILL NUMBER: SCR 20	CHAPTERED  03/18/99

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   8
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   MARCH 18, 1999
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   MARCH 15, 1999
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   MARCH 11, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MARCH 11, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MARCH 8, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Chesbro, Alarcon, Alpert, Baca, Bowen,
Brulte, Burton, Costa, Dunn, Escutia, Hayden, Haynes, Hughes,
Johannessen, Johnson, Johnston, Karnette, Knight, Leslie, Lewis,
McPherson, Monteith, Morrow, Mountjoy, Murray, O'Connell, Ortiz,
Peace, Perata, Polanco, Poochigian, Rainey, Sher, Solis, Speier,
Vasconcellos, and Wright
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Aanestad, Ackerman, Alquist, Aroner,
Ashburn, Bates, Battin, Baugh, Brewer, Briggs, Calderon, Campbell,
Cardenas, Cardoza, Cedillo, Correa, Cox, Davis, Dickerson, Ducheny,
Dutra, Firebaugh, Florez, Frusetta, Gallegos, Havice, Hertzberg,
Honda, House, Jackson, Keeley, Knox, Kuehl, Leach, Lempert, Leonard,
Longville, Lowenthal, Maddox, Maldonado, Mazzoni, Migden, Nakano,
Olberg, Oller, Robert Pacheco, Rod Pacheco, Papan, Pescetti, Reyes,
Romero, Runner, Scott, Shelley, Soto, Steinberg, Strickland,
Strom-Martin, Thomson, Torlakson, Villaraigosa, Washington, Wesson,
Wiggins, Wildman, and Zettel)

                        FEBRUARY 25, 1999

   Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 20--Relative to adult education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 20, Chesbro.  Adult education.
   This measure would designate the week of March 14 through March
20, 1999, as California Adult Education Week, and would commend the
students, classified staffs, teachers, and administrators of
California's adult schools for their support of, and contributions
to, the quality of public education in this state.




   WHEREAS, Approximately 371 California adult schools serve the
changing economic and cultural needs of a vigorous, expanding
community; and
   WHEREAS, Adult schools serve approximately 1,191,680 California
students; and
   WHEREAS, Adult schools provide instruction to those in our state
who need English-as-a-second-language and citizenship courses; and
   WHEREAS, Adult schools are primary community resources for the
teaching and instruction of adult family literacy; and
   WHEREAS, Adult schools provide a way for adults to complete high
school studies in their own time and pace; and
   WHEREAS, Adult schools provide approximately 108,087,430 hours of
instruction annually; and
   WHEREAS, Adult schools provide programs especially designed for
older adult and disabled populations; and
   WHEREAS, Adult schools provide vocational and job training for
adults seeking career changes or enhancements; and
   WHEREAS, Adult schools provide instruction for parents, ranging
from prebirth classes through a wide spectrum of parent education
courses; and
   WHEREAS, Adult schools provide education services as called for by
the federal Workforce Investment Act, and for participants of the
CalWORKs program; and
   WHEREAS, Adult schools provide for the unique needs of individuals
in a diverse population; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the week of March 14 through March 20, 1999,
be proclaimed California Adult Education Week, in honor of the many
outstanding services and contributions provided by California Adult
Schools; and be it further
   Resolved, That the administrators, teachers, classified staffs,
and students of California's adult schools be commended for their
support of, and contributions to, quality public education in the
state.
